Seems like ERD Commander is the better choice in this case. There's also a free Linux bootdisk out on the net that can do the same thing.
In either case, you're really talking about telling someone to boot off a floppy, and walk through a few quick steps and you can change the admin password without much effort. Of course, this also goes to show why physical security is so important - if people can physically get to your servers, you can't stop them. Roger ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Murawski (Lenox) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:31 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] recovering a computer > > > The computer was deleted from the an OU. > Now the local administrator password was and is lost. > My question is? Can I do a restore of that OU to recover > the computer account. > The server is a remote location. > So, restoring the administrator password will be tough. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 10:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] recovering a computer > > > Ahhh..OK - different issue. If the administrator > password was lost on a system, recovering the computer object > is not going to help. Using a tool like ERD from Winternals > at www.winternals.com would be a reasonable solution. > > Or, are we talking about the administrator password in > AD? If so, pwdump and L0phtCrack has been used successfully > in this case - given the right conditions. > > Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT > Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Don > Murawski (Lenox) > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 8:50 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] recovering a computer > > > the administrator password was lost > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Kingslan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 9:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] recovering a computer > > > Hmmmm. I've usually found it much > easier to join the computer to a workgroup (pick the name... > doesn't matter) then, reboot as directed. Join the computer > back to the domain, reboot again, as directed. Move the > computer object from the Computer Container to the appropriate OU. > > It's not worth the time, IMHO, to > recover a single computer object. Now, if this was computer > of great importance that it is no longer in AD and cannot be > simply recreated and password synched via the method outlined > above - give us the scenario. The collective knowledge > should be able to help. > > Rick Kingslan MCSE, MCSA, MCT > Microsoft MVP - Active Directory > Associate Expert > Expert Zone - > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Don > Murawski (Lenox) > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 7:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] recovering > a computer > > > Does anyone know how to recover > a deleted computer account in AD? > > > Don L Murawski > Sr. Network Administrator - > MCSE 4.0, 2000 > WorldTravel BTI > 1055 Lenox Park Blvd > Suite 420 > Atlanta, GA 30319 > Phone: (404) 923-9468 > Fax: (404) 949-6710 > Cell: (678) 549-1264 > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
